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What people are saying

“I first met Emily some years ago, when I’d asked her to design a new magazine that I’d co-founded. Her concept was good, cutting-edge, and highly creative. Though we went with another studio back then, I never forgot her work, as her bid was so stellar that we’re now hiring her for a new project and we continue to use her for other projects every chance we get. I’m one of her biggest fans. Besides being creative, extremely talented, really smart, and passionate about her work, she’s a joy to work with and always executes on time and with fabulous results. I can’t recommend her highly enough. She’s more than a designer: she’s a trend-spotter and a collaborator that brings high value to anything she endeavors because she only takes on work that she believes in, herself. A winner and great team-mate!”

MARCIA STEPANEK, Founding Editor-in-Chief
Contribute Media and CauseGlobal


“In three years of working closely with Emily, I’ve come to think of
her as the Workshop’s secret weapon in our marketing and
communications. Most designers implement; Emily is part of our team.
Brochures and mailers she produced for us from my arrival at the
Workshop in 2005 to date have turned heads and led to compliments, and
they’ve helped us double the annual numbers of people we serve from
1,000 in fiscal 2005 to 2,000 in fiscal 2007. This is not only due to
her design but also to her collegiality and her good advice on all
things marketing. I would use her for any high-impact design and
marketing work I had on hand.”

GORDON MAYER, Vice President/Senior Trainer
Community Media Workshop


“Emily is the complete package when it comes to design. With every
project she brings together creativity, discipline, and the ability to
bring the client’s objective to life. She is a collaborative, strategic
thinker whose creative process is well-defined, and allows her to work
for both clients who know exactly what they want and for clients who
have a need but do not quite know how to translate that into creative
output. On top of all of her talent, her upbeat attitude and enthusiasm
make her a true pleasure to work with.”

CINDY WOOD, Brand Stylist
Brand Styling and StyleWhipped.com contributor

About the owner

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Emily Lonigro
is the owner of LimeRed Studio, a creative firm that
specializes in concepting and producing marketing and branding creative
for small businesses and nonprofits. She has both in-house and agency experience orchestrating
on- and off-line design strategy and execution for multinational
corporations, boutique businesses, prestige consumer brands, and
e-commerce websites. Her body of work has successfully engaged
audiences from the environmentally conscious to the teen and young
adult consumer to the affluent to the masses.

In her spare time Emily
actively supports her nonprofits and community by volunteering and doing pro bono
work for worthy causes. 

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Experience

Owner, Art Director
LimeRed Studio, Brooklyn, NY, & Chicago, IL, May 2004-present

  • manage small creative services company, specializing in small
    businesses, community-and environmentally-focused organizations and
    groups, including international corporations, small business and local
    non-profits
  • develop marketing plans and advise on print and web content
  • art direct identity systems, print collateral, illustrations, web
    sites, presentations, television graphics, online advertising and
    e-commerce
  • create and manage print and online information architecture

Art Director and VP Client Services
400twin Consulting, New York, NY, October 2006-February 2008

  • managed marketing and design projects for luxury clients: design,
    content, deadlines, timelines, printing, production, development and
    delivery
  • managed client relationships for luxury marketing, research and consulting projects
  • managed design staff and coordinated freelance staff
  • assisted with new business development, program strategy and internal processes
  • developed seminar and workshop content, materials and marketing support
  • directed and designed print and web marketing, identity, collateral, and event components
  • researched and wrote white papers on luxury marketing and organizational process

Graphic Designer
J.M. Glass + Associates, Deerfield, IL, June 2003-December 2004

  • designed all materials for integrated communications & marketing
    agency including: event graphics, packaging, presentations, print
    advertising, web sites, marketing materials, identity
  • bid and coordinated resources: printers, paper, fulfillment
  • proofread, edited and/or wrote content for above materials

Art Director
Third Coast Press, Chicago, IL, January 2004-October 2005

  • art directed and designed monthly community-focused, all-volunteer newspaper
  • coordinated staff, advertising, editorial content, schedules, printing and strategic vision
  • developed newspaper’s identity, collateral, illustrations and visual style
  • planned and prepared marketing materials and community outreach programs
  • designed and developed information structure for web site
  • created and ran fundraising programs and events

Associate Graphic Designer
Morgan Stanley, Discover Card, Riverwoods, IL, August 2002-June 2003

  • designed marketing materials for industry-leading financial services company
  • produced direct mail packages, brochures, posters and online advertising
  • concepted and executed large-scale presentations and cross-team projects
  • developed extensively-researched projects on online advertising strategy, branding elements and new direct response executions

Marketing & Design Manager
Housby Trucks, Des Moines, IA, May 2000-June 2002

  • designed marketing materials for start up heavy truck manufacturer and sales center
  • produced signage, truck graphics, advertising, events, direct mail, and flyers
  • created and coded the company’s first web site

Journalism Experience

Editorial Assistant
Midwest Living magazine, Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA, May 1998-May 2000

  • researched departmental articles on travel, food, garden and home
  • researched and wrote feature articles 

Professional Membership

The BigOoga;  The Nature Conservancy’s Young Professionals Club; NYCares (volunteer)


LimeRed Studio Services

LimeRed Studio is in the business of creative development. That is: it’s more than just a design firm. What we like to do is get deep into your company, brand, organization and learn as much as we can about who you are. Then, we listen to find out where you want to go. Some organizations need to acquire new members, some need to keep and inform the ones they have. Some businesses need to relaunch with a new strategy, some need to figure out which online medium will help them sell. The pieces are different for each organization because everyone has a different audience, mission, and vision.

LimeRed Studio is primarily Emily Lonigro, the owner. She also works with a network of illustrators, other designers, web developers, writers and other specialists to make sure the most talented people are working together to create the most effective work.

LimeRed Studio can help youLrs_bkg_resources

  • develop your brand with a logo, stationery, brochures, signage, folders and other printed and online identity-building materials
  • establish an online presence with informational, e-commerce and interactive websites, blogs and emails
  • promote your brand with media kits, press materials, promotions, trade show graphics, advertising, direct mail, online email campaigns, microsites and newsletters

Email to learn more.

Oh, and while we do what we have to do to get the job done just the way you want it, we prefer to use our favorite family-run union printer, and recycled paper with soy-and vegetable-based inks when printing.